February 2020 - Bnc-grads-list

Postdoc Opportunities in Nanomaterials and Nanotechnologies
by Yuqin "Sophia" Duan 17 Feb '20

17 Feb '20

Greetings, My college Xu wrote an announcement for postdoc opening. Please find the details below. Lemme know if you have any questions. *Opening for Postdoctoral Researcher* *Research Focus* Professor Sheng Shen (Mechanical Engineering) and Professor Xu Zhang (Electrical and Computer Engineering) at Carnegie Mellon University are seeking joint postdoctoral fellows for research initiatives to develop micro-robots by leveraging the emerging nanomaterials (especially 2D materials) and nanotechnologies. Key approaches include (but not limited to): fabrication of nanoscale electronics and optoelectronics, light-assisted control and actuation, plasmonics, CMOS-2D materials integration, MEMS/NMES, energy harvesting, etc. Candidates with expertise in any one of the following areas (not required to have experience in all areas) are encouraged to submit your application. (1) Nanoscale Electronics and Optoelectronics - *Nanofabrication* - *Design and testing of electronic devices* - *2D materials or other nanomaterials* (2) Plasmonics and Photonics - *Simulation and design of plasmonic/photonic structures* - *Fabrication and characterization of plasmonic/photonic devices* - *Photovoltaics* - *Sensing* - *Optical fibers, etc* (3) Integrated Circuits and Systems - *Circuit and system design* - *Chip-scale electronics* - *THz Communication* (4) MEMS/NEMS - *Fabrication of micro/nano actuators* Candidates in all backgrounds will be considered, although individuals with expertise in one of the above areas/subareas are preferred. To apply, please send your CV and contact information of three references to Prof. Xu Zhang (xuzh(a)cmu.edu) *Bio* Prof. Sheng Shen is an Full Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, with a background in nanoscale engineering, thermal science, photonics and materials science. He received his PhD degree in electrical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Prof. Shen’s research interests include nanoscale thermal transport and energy conversion phenomena, and their applications in solar or thermal energy conversion, thermal management, and multifunctional materials. Prof. Shen is a recipient of NSF CAREER Award (2013) and DARPA Young Faculty Award (2013). He also received the Philomathia Foundation Research Fellowship in Alternative Energy Research from UC-Berkeley (2010), Hewlett-Packard Best Paper Award from ASME Heat Transfer Division (2008) and Best Paper Award from Julius Springer Forum on Applied Physics (2008). Prof. Xu Zhang joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) as a tenure-track assistant professor in September 2019. He received his PhD and Master’s degrees in electrical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a bachelor’s degree in physics from University of Science and Technology of China (USTC). Xu Zhang is a recipient of the MIT Presidential Fellow (2010), MIT Global Fellow (2014) and the Enrico Fermi Fellow (2018). Best Regards, Yuqin & Xu ------ <http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~duan35/>

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[NSAC] Coffee Hour Today @ 3:30pm
by Nanotechnology Student Advisory Council 14 Feb '20

14 Feb '20

Hi all! Join us this afternoon at 3:30pm in the Birck atrium for coffee hour! We are excited to have a talk being given by Lucie Prokopeva, advised by Alexander Kildishev. The talk is titled “Computationally efficient surface conductivity graphene model for tunable graphene-based devices.” Snacks and coffee/tea will be provided to help understand the talk. Please sign up to be a speaker at future coffee hours! Follow the link HERE<https://forms.gle/8EJ2GksLrdWhpGiP7> What: NSAC Coffee Hour talk When: Friday, 2/14/2020, 3:30 pm Where: BNC Atrium Speaker: Lucie Prokopeva Title: Computationally efficient surface conductivity graphene model for tunable graphene-based devices [cid:3801374E-494F-4F47-889D-8C2656E54E4C@itap.purdue.edu] - NSAC

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SPIE Social: Movie Night - Parasite
by Xiaohui Xu 14 Feb '20

14 Feb '20

Hello all, SPIE Student chapter<https://boilerlink.purdue.edu/organization/spsc> is hosting a Movie Night next Tuesday! Join us for a break from your work and watch the movie Parasite<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasite_(2019_film)> released in 2019. PIZZA and movie snacks will be provided! Please register through the link below so that we know how much food to prepare: https://forms.gle/aEaLqUpnDNxn5i1UA Time: 6-9 pm Tuesday, Feb 18. Location: Birck 1001. [Image result for Parasite amazon] Image from Amazon.com Xiaohui Xu Purdue SPIE student Chapter, President

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FW: 2020 Science Fair Judging Callouts - Please Forward
by Turner, Jaime J 13 Feb '20

13 Feb '20

Subject: 2020 Science Fair Judging Callouts - Please Forward Hello, On behlf of Dr. Cynthia Stauffacher, I am resending a request to circulate this callout to your respective departments. The request was previously sent from a gmail address, so if you did recieve that email please disregard this one. Please find the judging callout for the Lafayette Regional Science and Engineering Fair below - we are requesting that is be circulated as widely as possible in your respective departments. If you are not the appropriate contact person for your department, please let me know so I can remove you from future emails. Thank you for your help!! Judges needed for the Lafayette Regional Science and Engineering Fair- Friday 3/13/2020 Hello! Would you be willing to act as a judge at the 2020 Lafayette Regional Science and Engineering Fair on Friday, March 13? If you are receiving this message, it means you are eligible to volunteer as a judge in the 2020 Lafayette Regional Science and Engineering Fair on March 13. This year, we have over 600 young experimentalists (5-12 graders) eagerly awaiting a chance to share their projects with "real scientists". The fair is only a few weeks away, so right now they are putting the final touches on their posters and practicing their talks. We are always in need of many judges to handle the large volume of students. That's where you come in. For those who may have done this in the past you remember how it was the first time you judged- so many abstracts and projects to look at! Because of this, we need lots of help to give these students a great science fair experience. Judging really is a lot of fun, and not terribly difficult since the kids are high school age or younger. Please come out and help support this event! As always, a complimentary buffet dinner will precede judging in Stewart Center. You will receive follow up instructions regarding exact times and locations, but typically dinner begins around 4:30 pm and judging begins at 6 pm. If you would like to judge this year, please fill out the following survey: https://forms.gle/hdZuhA9tazZ8BL4a9 Feel free to email me at lrsciencefair2020(a)gmail.com<mailto:lrsciencefair2020@gmail.com> with any specific questions or concerns not covered in the survey. Detailed instructions will go out closer to the time of the event. I hope you can make it! We have a record number of projects again this year and need all the judges we can get. Best Regards, Gillian Barth (lrsciencefair2020(a)gmail.com<mailto:lrsciencefair2020@gmail.com>) 2020 Judge Coordinator and Dr. Cynthia Stauffacher 2020 Director Gillian Barth PhD Candidate Dept. Biological Sciences Purdue University

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[NSAC] LaTex Workshop TODAY!
by Samuel Peana 13 Feb '20

13 Feb '20

Hi all! NSAC and ECEGSA are hosting a workshop on LaTex with Overleaf *TODAY*! We will be showing people how to use LaTex with the website Overleaf. We will go over different formats, how to insert equations, figures, and talk about the benefits of using LaTex! *Don’t forget to Sign Up <https://forms.gle/987Zr9RX6WhBd26Z6> in the Google Form here <https://forms.gle/987Zr9RX6WhBd26Z6>!* As per usual refreshments and food will be provided! *What: ECEGSA/NSAC LaTex Workshop* *When: Thursday, 2/13/2020, 4:00 pm* *Where: Burton Morgan Room 121* Speaker*:** Joshua Pribe, ME Graduate Student*

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[NSAC] LaTex Workshop Thurs RSVP now!
by Samuel Peana 11 Feb '20

11 Feb '20

Hi all! NSAC and ECEGSA are hosting a workshop on LaTex with Overleaf! We will be showing people how to use LaTex with the website Overleaf. We will go over different formats, how to insert equations, figures, and talk about the benefits of using LaTex! *Don’t forget to Sign Up <https://forms.gle/987Zr9RX6WhBd26Z6> in the Google Form here <https://forms.gle/987Zr9RX6WhBd26Z6>!* As per usual refreshments and food will be provided! *What: ECEGSA/NSAC LaTex Workshop* *When: Thursday, 2/13/2020, 4:00 pm* *Where: Burton Morgan Room 121* Speaker*:** Joshua Pribe, ME Graduate Student* Look forward to seeing you there! Sincerely, Mauricio Segovia & Samuel Peana NSAC Academic Committee Chair & NSAC President

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PhD defense
by Vasudevan Rajagopal Iyer 07 Feb '20

07 Feb '20

Dear all, I have my PhD defense coming Tuesday, 2/11/2020 at 9 am in BRK 1001. You are cordially invited to attend the talk titled 'Ultrafast energy dynamics of two dimensional semiconducting and topological materials'. Thank you Regards, Vasudevan Iyer PhD Candidate Birck Nanotechnology Center School of Mechanical Engineering Purdue University

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[NSAC] Coffee Hour @ 3:30pm
by Samuel Peana 07 Feb '20

07 Feb '20

Hi all! Just a as a reminder today is our weekly coffee hour! Today the talk will be given by Samuel Peana from Prof. Vladimir Shalaev and Prof. Dana Weinstein groups! The talk will be over the uses of* Shape Memory Alloys* As per usual coffee and snacks will be provided! Also please sign up to give future coffee hour talks here! Its a great opportunity to practice public speaking for your conference talks and poster presentations! *What: NSAC Coffee Hour talk* *When: Friday, 2/07/**2020, **3:30 pm* *Where: BNC Atrium* Speaker*: Samuel Peana* Title: Shape Memory Alloys: Remembering the Past and Shaping the Future [image: image.png] *Abstract: * Invented in the 1960s shape memory alloys have proven to be a fascinating class of materials that have found significant commercial use. This talk will focus on the basics of how shape memory alloys work, their uses in the commercial sphere, and the future of SMA's at micro and nanoscale. This talk is specifically designed to explain in detail to newcomers to shape memory alloys, how they work and how to design for them. Look forward to seeing you there! Sincerely, -Sam Peana

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FW: 37th H.C. Brown Lectures in Organic Chemistry
by Turner, Jaime J 06 Feb '20

06 Feb '20

Sent on behalf of Donna Bertram, Department of Chemistry ------------------------------------- 37th Herbert C. Brown Lectures in Organic Chemistry Date: Saturday, April 4, 2020 Time: 8:55 AM - 6:30 PM (EDT) Location: Purdue University, Stewart Center (STEW) Room 214 This year's event promises to be an exciting celebration to honor the career of Professor H.C. Brown. The program includes a diverse array of topics in Organic Chemistry by a distinguished group of plenary speakers: Margaret Brimble, The University of Auckland: "Peptide-Based Therapeutics: Paving the Way from the Lab to the Clinic"; Huw Davies, Emory University: "Catalyst-Controlled Site-Selective and Enantioselective C-H Functionalization" (Recipient of the 2019 ACS Herbert C. Brown Award for Creative Research in Synthetic Methods); Dawei Ma, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry: "Exploring New Methodologies to Enhance Synthetic Efficiency"; and Richmond Sarpong, University of California, Berkeley: "Break-it-to-Make Strategies for Complex Molecule Synthesis." All interested students, faculty, and scientists are welcome to attend. Registration is free and includes lunch for all participants who register by Monday, March 30, 2020. We also encourage student participants to present their recent works at our poster session and competition, with prizes awarded for the best posters. For more information about the H.C. Brown Lectures, please visit our website at: https://www.chem.purdue.edu/hcbrownlectures/. We look forward to seeing you on Saturday, April 4, 2020. With best regards, Chris Uyeda, Chair cuyeda(a)purdue.edu<mailto:cuyeda@purdue.edu> Jianguo Mei, Vice Chair jgmei(a)purdue.edu<mailto:jgmei@purdue.edu>

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Shark Tank Competition - sign up now!! Deadline extended to Feb. 10th
by Turner, Jaime J 06 Feb '20

06 Feb '20

Dear all, Please sign up for the Science Communication Shark Tank competition! You can sign up alone or in a team (up to 5 people). It is not required that you have a finished talk in order to sign up - just the title! You can count on some great lessons in communication, 4 free dinners, interesting workshop sessions, and a chance to meet prestigious journalists. ALSO: We have an exciting first place prize of $500, and a runner up of $100, for the winners of the Shark Tank competition! Please email Neil Dilley ndilley(a)purdue.edu<mailto:ndilley@purdue.edu> by Monday February 10 (extended deadline) with your names, title of your talk, and name of your advisor(s). More information HERE<https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/birck/shark-tank/> What is the Shark Tank Competition? You are the next successful researcher in nanotechnology. How do you let the world of investors, potential employers, or media that what you do should make them stop in their tracks and pay attention? The skill you need is that of a master storyteller. This is, however, more than the ability to crack a joke during a presentation. It goes beyond using more pictures and fewer words in your Powerpoint slides. It is about creating strong arguments. It is about violating expectations. It is about using numbers like levers, not bludgeons. It is about timing and flexibility in delivery. It is about appealing to people's sense of logos, pathos, and ethos; reason, feeling, and ethics can take you a long way. The Science Communication Shark Tank<https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/birck/shark-tank/> competition gives you a chance to learn and train these skills in the best possible way: by playing a real-life game. You will participate as a member of the team in a science storytelling seminar, will learn how to create a scientific story, and you will prepare a written and a spoken presentation, which will be judged for selection in a live, Shark Tank Competition. Run by a group of talented professional communicators, the competition will award prizes and, most important, will offer the participants a chance to work with one of the sharks to refine their story and release it to the general public through a specialized media campaign. [cid:image001.jpg@01D5DD0D.7A3BF240] Thank you! -- Neil R. Dilley, Ph.D. Research Scientist Birck Nanotechnology Center , Rm 1010 1205 West State St. West Lafayette, IN 47907-2057 765-496-6080

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